Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-20

Kiowa Independent: Kent, tie fraud
detective, who undertook to blackmail
Travis Dennis, last week, with his
confederate, q. ". Wilson, had qHick
work Of it under Judge Pratt's admins
tratiOn of justice. Kent undertook to
rob Dennis on Wednesday the 9th, was
examined and bound over to district
court on the 28th, and was tried, convict
ed and sentenced to a year In the peDi-
tertiary on the 29th Friday,
LeavanwOrth, at the present time. has
one Of the largest coal mines west OF the
Mississippi, employing 400 to 500 men.
The Riverside mine viii be in working
order this year, employing 400 men Ia
less than a year, LeayenwOrth will have
four coal mines, employing from 1850
TO 1000 men. The superintendent of
mines for the state Of Kansas says in
three years LeavenWOrth VIII have ct
least twenty coal mines.
Beloit Gazette: Messrs. Ohas Long
and A. II. Simpson found Mrs. Carl
johnson in the small timber on AIulbt try
creek, about three miles northwest of the
city. with a rope around her neck at
tRehed to the limb of a tree, dead. The
body touched the ground, the feet and
lower limbs being extended foTwaid
The body was in a very secluded place
on the creek bank, and was only discov-
cred by the stencil arising therefrom-
Leonardville Monitor: Henry Haruer,
young man II or Is years old, and
George Ludwig, whose farm Joins that
Of Herner's father, had some difficulty in
regard to some cattle belonging to Mr..
Harner which Henry had permitted to
trespass on Mr.. LudWig's premises. Mr..
Ludwig was demonstrating with the
young man. when he struck him over
the right eye with the butt Of his whip,
and then rushing upon him with his
open knife stabbed him in the left breast,
Just above the heart.
A pawn shop was broken into at Atch-
isOn and the following articles taken
Four pairs of diamond ear rings, two
dozen pairs sleeve buttons, six ladies'
breastpins, one Colts 45-cahbre self
acting revolver. one smith & Wesson
self-acting revolver, four plated watch
chains, one pearl opera glass, two Rubber
opera glasses, six watch charms, four
double and two single acting revolveFs.
/ Besides these, a number Of scarf pins,
collar buttons, necklaces, etc, were
taken. These articles indicate the cDaU-
acter Of the people who call upon pawn
shops for loans.
Caldwell journal: Reuben Bates had
been putting an old vel in shapefor Mr.
Dave Sayers, and put a blast into the
well before leaving. Yesterday, he took
his family out to Mr.. SayeUs' and while
there concluded to take look at the
bottom Of the well to see what effect the
blast had On going down first, he
! found a good deal of water, and with the
assistance Of Mr.. SaYers drew the watel
out. He again went down and found the
bottom of the we'll covered with loose
stone. He commenced to lift them ny
and put them in the bucket, when tn,
damp became so bad that he signallsd Il
be drawn up. About ten feet from the
bottom he became so exhausted that b,
( let go his hold on the rope and fell Ovel
against the i'd C the well, and Mr.
Sayers, noticing that there was some
thing wrong, gradually let him back Il
the bottom, when he fell with his head
under the water, which probably saved
his life, tor had his face been exposed e
the damp for the same length of time, h'
would not have survived. Mr.. Sayeu
took a rope and, with the assistance o
some ladies, went to the bottom of tn,
we'll, tied the rope around Mr. Bates
ankle, and brought him to the air wher,
he returned to consciousness in AbOu
half an hour.